The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the center of our Catholic faith. And that is why, when the Holy Mass is destroyed, great damage is done to all of our Catholic faith. “Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi.”
One can readily admit that the Magisterium's manner of expression does not seem very easy to understand at times. It needs to be translated by preachers and catechists into a language which relates to people and to their respective cultural environments. The essential content of the Church's teaching, however, must be upheld in this process. It must not be watered down on allegedly pastoral grounds, because it communicates the revealed truth.